Guyana News

Ninety-six young people have completed a six-month Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training Programme as part of the government’s strategy to empower the nation’s youths.

Twelve students attached to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) gained first-hand exposure of working in the real world while they participated in the company’s work-study programme.

After insisting on serving his country, a man sentenced to community service for stealing deodorant was on Monday allowed to act as a French language interpreter for a city court.

A Venezuelan woman was sentenced to do three weeks of community service yesterday after she pleaded guilty to shoplifting from a Bounty Supermarket.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has decided to conclude its national house-to-house registration exercise at the end of this month as it moves towards the holding of general elections “within the shortest time possible.”

Financial Institutions have been warned to stop asking citizens about their political affiliation.

An 18-year-old was stabbed to death after he and his family stopped to buy fish and chips on Sunday night along the Diamond Access Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and the police have since arrested one person for questioning.

President David Granger has called on members of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) to remain in campaign mode, stay vigilant and beware of agents of division.

A Springlands, Upper Corentyne farmer was murdered during the wee hours of yesterday morning at Rampoor Village, Corriverton and it is suspected that his assailant/s had been after his winnings from a gambling game.

A scheduled meeting between the two members of the ruling coalition to review the Cummingsburg Accord did not happen but the two sides have exchanged documents.

The first batch of Guyanese operations and maintenance (O&M) technicians hired by ExxonMobil Guyana for the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel are set for  Advanced Systems Training at the Cape Brenton University in Canada.

The City Engineer’s Department is expected to cover an exposed manhole along James Street, Albouystown today after coming in for a tongue-lashing from city councillor Heston Bostwick over its failure to address the situation in his constituency and across the city.

The deteriorating state of Sussex Street has forced the Mayor and City Council to close it to vehicular traffic until further notice.

The Russian Embassy in Guyana is awaiting a response from Moscow to a note verbale sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanding the withdrawal of untrue statements that a British military base was being built on an Essequibo River island to train Venezuelan refugees to destabilise the Nicholas Maduro government.

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Three weeks after she was severely burnt after a fire gutted her Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara house, seven-year-old Shaniya Persaud has shown significant improvement and is recovering well in the United States, where she is currently receiving treatment.

Firefighter Osafo Bess, who is charged with causing the death of his common-law wife, appeared at a city court last Tuesday on a narcotics trafficking charge.

Omesh Lakeram, the teenager who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPC) after being stabbed in the chest by a bandit, has been discharged and is currently at home recovering.

Burglars on Sunday invaded the home of a Crabwood Creek business owner and robbed him and his family of cash, jewellery, clothing and other items According to information gathered, the family was asleep when the burglars entered the Grant 1780 Crabwood Creek house.

Experts from China are holding a four-week course for local technicians in the agriculture sector on areas such as cassava production.